Grand Coulee Dam, Washington 1935 - 57" Panoramic Photo RARE! Mason City 4 FT!

Description: It hard to begin to explain what this photograph covers in its unique panoramic view. This is an original printing photograph that has been purchased at a local estate auction. The photograph is in a frame and shows many signs of wear. This is an extremely RARE photograph and I have not seen another one. This measure about (4.75 Ft) 57.5" inches by (.625 FT) 7.5" inches in size. Condition: This photograph appears to have had some fading and yellowing. The photograph is also wavy behind the glass. There is also a black sticky tar that is on the frame and on the photograph toward the middle. This appears to almost be from a fireplace. I have not tried to take this photo out and clean it. It is really dusty and all I did was wipe some dust of the glass frame. There is also appears to be some creases in the left part of the photograph. Please view all of the detailed photographs. This photograph was taken on 8-23-1935. It captures the Coulee Dam during construction, the newly built "all-electric" Mason City, the gravel conveyor, the gravel plant, airport, girls dorm, Hospital, Coulee Trading Co., Rec. Hall, Hotel, Garage, Rail Road Bridge, recreation park, Gov. Town, Cat walk bridge, M.W.A.K. Office, Coffer Dam, Gov. Crossing River Bridge, Conveyor System, Elmore Heights, Grand Coulee Town, and Coulee Center. One of the largest structures ever built by mankind--a mass of concrete standing 550 feet high and 5,223 feet long, or just shy of a mile. Grand Coulee contains 12 million cubic yards of concrete, or enough to build a highway from Seattle to Miami. The Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in the United States still to this day; even bigger that the Hoover Dam. On average the Grand Coulee Dam generates about 21 billion KWh, while Hoover Dam's powerplant generates approximately 4 billion KWh a year. This a panoramic view of the Grand Coulee Dam during construction in the year 1935. The dam took over 8 years to build, starting in 1933 and being completed in 1942. This photo was taken during the Great Depression by Charles A. Libby & Son. The Charles Libby Studio photographs are really important to Spokane because they document how beautiful and peaceful Spokane really is. This panoramic photographs captures the entire project of one of the New Deal Programs by President Roosevelt. The New Deal programs of President Roosevelt’s aimed to spur economic recovery by providing federal funds for large public works projects across the nation, building infrastructure and providing jobs to the unemployed. In Washington State, the New Deal transformed the state’s landscape and public service, perhaps symbolized by the large dams like the Grand Coulee and the Bonneville Power Authority system. This Photographs capture's newly built Mason City, known as an “all-electric” construction town at the Grand Coulee dam site, this community was the result of a planned housing program by the Mason-Mason-Atkinson-Kier Company (MWAK) and named in 1934 after the chairman of the firm’s board, Silas B. Mason. Buildings were shipped piecemeal to the site and assembled; all are painted white. The town had schools, stores, several tennis courts, a motion picture theater and a well-equipped hospital. The theater remains on the eastern shore of the Columbia River, now part of the Colville Indian Reservation, and has been significantly altered. In the 1950s, Grand Coulee incorporated Mason City and homes were moved to Coulee City, which had already merged with Grand Coulee. Many of these homes, originally built for the engineers and dam workers, are still intact. Please view photos for best details of product. Message me for a fast response. Thanks for your purchase and for supporting my small business. If your shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, a P.O. Box, or International and there is no shipping option, please message me for a custom shipping quote.

Price: 584.1 USD

Location: Deer Park, Wisconsin

End Time: 2024-08-15T17:07:53.000Z

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